Mammals fail to regenerate organs when wound contraction drives scar formation

Abstract To understand why mammals generally do not regenerate injured organs, we considered the exceptional case of spontaneous skin regeneration in the early lamb fetus. Whereas during the early fetal stage skin wounds heal by regeneration, in the late fetal stage, and after birth, skin wounds cl...

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Main Authors: Yannas, Ioannis V, Tzeranis, Dimitrios S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139760